adidas Hiring for Manager, Manufacturing (Faisalabad, Pak) at Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan Full Time

• A key player in Sourcing in driving Sourcing’s vision to be the Most Agile, Most Competitive, Most Digitalized & Cleanest Supply Base in the industry.
• Drive achievement of quality and production goals in supply partners’ facilities while supporting other functions to reach adidas’ goals in areas such as manufacturing efficiency targets, Social & Environmental Affairs (SEA).

Key Responsibilities

• Independently manage all production, quality, production availability, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Escalate critical issues and drive problem-solving discussions to solve or mitigate the potential impacts.
• Manage relationships with factory management in applying the right resources, processes, tools, strategies to achieve operation excellence.
• Rollout and implement adidas best practices and directions to the responsible factories.
• Influence factory production/quality middle management and drive change to achieve production objectives.
• Make day-to-day decisions within defined scope through exception-management by evaluating and balancing risks and seeking support on complex issues.
• Validate and confirm T1 capacity offers and follow up on availability performance when constraints exist
• Role model leadership to foster a culture of Diversity Equity & Inclusion that strives for an inclusive workplace.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Global Sourcing
• Sourcing suppliers
• Global Operations
• Other GOPS/Sourcing functional teams

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Strong understanding of production and continuous improvement (CI) processes/methods
• Ability to provide effective input into projects
• “Quality-first” mindset, strong analytical reasoning, and problem-solving skills to help others find/solve “root cause issues”
• Strong influencing, people, presentation and communication skills
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Strong Microsoft office skills

Requisite Education And Experience

• University degree in engineering or related areas.
• Minimum 5+ years of relevant experienc in the relevant field